| I
served as Public Relations Manager for the Sturdy Memorial
Hospital Amateur Radio Club in Attleboro, MA for several years. I designed, edit and update their web site - w1smh.com and
provided the majority of the club's promotional material during
that time. Together
with several other members, we mounted a very successful
campaign to raise public awareness to the club's activities and
capabilities. We ran many Ham Radio Demonstrations using the
club's emergency communications equipment. Our aim was to promote
Ham Radio and get more people either interested or at least, aware
of the existence of a truly rewarding hobby/service. |
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March of 2003, Phil Temples - K9HI, ARRL Eastern Mass Section
Manager, appointed me to the position of Public Information
Coordinator. In that role, I was responsible for providing
assistance and direction to a number of Eastern Mass Public
Information Officers as well as supporting Phil and his staff with
P.R. advice and support. My first major task was to petition
Governor Mitt Romney to declare June 23rd through 29th as Amateur
Radio Week. With assistance from Tom Kinahan - N1CPE, Mike Neilsen
- W1MPN, Shawn O'Donnell - K3HI and Massachusetts Emergency
Management P.I.O. Peter Judge, we were able to get a Proclamation
signed. It ended up as Amateur Radio "Day" instead of
"week" but that was fine. We'd also like to acknowledge
State Representative Betty Poirier for her efforts in helping get
this Proclamation signed. |
| Due to a tremendous lack of time
created by changes in my position in field service, I was forced to resign the ARRL Public
Information Coordinator
position. I have since accepted a position as Public Information
Officer in the Southeastern Mass area. We must never stop striving to distribute the word about
Amateur Radio to our public. If we do, our hobby/service is
doomed. |
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| K3HI, N1CPE, W1MPN, K9HI and
N1IV at Massachusetts Statehouse with Amateur Radio Day
Proclamation in June 2003. |
Governor Mitt Romney, with
assistance from State Representative Betty Poirier, signed a Proclamation
declaring June 28th and 29th, Amateur Radio Day in Massachusetts. |
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I love graphic
design and web site design, as well as Ham Radio PR. |
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SMHARC
Logo |
N1IV |
Ham Radio
Demo Day |
ARRL
Eastern Mass Logo |
w1smh.com |
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